Alignment Time

Discussion in 'Modifications & DIY how-to' started by lostinthewoods, Mar 17, 2006.

  1. lostinthewoods

    lostinthewoods Frisco Tx Baller

    I have been reading through some posts and just wanted to run some numbers by yall.

    Gonna shoot for the following:

    Front R L
    camber =-1.0 / -1.0
    Toe = 0 / 0

    Rear R L
    camber = -1.5 / -1.5
    toe = 0 / 0

    This is on a 05 STI.

    Any feedback or do these normals seem standard for stock STI.
     
  2. Meredith

    Meredith Banned

    Good Luck, jeff at GTE just barely squeezed out -1 camber in the front in my car. Oh if you want the car balanced for your weight you should request that you sit in it while the car is being aligned.
     
  3. WRX-WRC

    WRX-WRC Active Member

    why more negative in the back, you like understeer?
     
  4. lostinthewoods

    lostinthewoods Frisco Tx Baller

    Well from what I heard the negative in the back is pretty hard to adjust on the stock STI. Your pretty much limited to what is set from the factory.


    Meredith - Do you recall your final specs from your alignment?
     
  5. WRX-WRC

    WRX-WRC Active Member

    idk about how hard it is to adjust the rear on the sti's but i know im not a fan of terminal understeer.
     
  6. Alex

    Alex Community Founder Staff Member

    Keith, I would suggest you run about -1.8 up front and max out the rear. This will be just fine on your tire wear, and it will improve your handling 10 fold.
     
  7. clemsonscooby

    clemsonscooby Active Member

    I just got my car aligned yesterday, so I have been doing the same searching as you. The best I have found is a write up on Clubwrx.net by bigsky. This is a really good article. If you scroll down you can see the OE suspension setup of all wrx's and the sti. I ended up with -1.3 up front and -.7 in the rear (camber bolts on all corners).

    http://www.clubwrx.net/forums/showthread.php?t=89767
     
  8. Alex

    Alex Community Founder Staff Member

  9. WRX-WRC

    WRX-WRC Active Member



    i assume that you went with lower camber at all four corners for better tire wear?
     
  10. bigb996

    bigb996 teh Wannabe Mod

    alignment? pfft who needs alignment? thats totally overrated.:)
     
  11. clemsonscooby

    clemsonscooby Active Member

    I went lower on the rear because my car understeered like crazy on the autox course. I just maxed out the camber bolts. Not everyone can seem to get the same amount of negative camber out of the fronts.
     
  12. lostinthewoods

    lostinthewoods Frisco Tx Baller

    Well got it done.

    -1.5 front L & R
    -1.6 L Rear
    -1.5 R Rear

    0 Toe..

    Car handles much much better.
     
  13. pEd

    pEd This ain't no Piccadilly!

    sweet!!1
     
  14. bigb996

    bigb996 teh Wannabe Mod

    wanna do mine for free?
     
  15. Meredith

    Meredith Banned

    Did you do that stock or do you have camber bolts/plates?
     
  16. lostinthewoods

    lostinthewoods Frisco Tx Baller

    New bolts up front.... :)
     
  17. rexrocker

    rexrocker Active Member

    'Grats man! Awesome.
     
  18. Alex

    Alex Community Founder Staff Member

    See! Its worth every penny isnt it?
     
  19. lostinthewoods

    lostinthewoods Frisco Tx Baller

    I am loving to. Feels much more precise :)
     

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